The American Zone (North American Confederacy, volume 5) by L. Neil Smith

Can the PI's habit of derailing the investigation to focus on political
rants triumph over the bad guys' habit of carefully explaining to the
PI their goals and methods? Not a parody.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/songs-of-freedom
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:15:52 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (James
Nicoll) wrote:

The American Zone (North American Confederacy, volume 5) by L. Neil Smith

Can the PI's habit of derailing the investigation to focus on political
rants triumph over the bad guys' habit of carefully explaining to the
PI their goals and methods? Not a parody.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/songs-of-freedom

I'm solely familiar with L. Neil Smith from Big Head Press. This
review, of course, does not surprise me.

John Savard

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In article <v4s1a8$4oa$[email protected]>,
[email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

The American Zone (North American Confederacy, volume 5) by L. Neil Smith

Can the PI's habit of derailing the investigation to focus on political
rants triumph over the bad guys' habit of carefully explaining to the
PI their goals and methods? Not a parody.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/songs-of-freedom

Have you ever read Smith's _Their Majesties Bucketeers_? IIRC, it is his
third published novel and doesn't have many political lectures.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Robert Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:

In article <v4s1a8$4oa$[email protected]>,
[email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

The American Zone (North American Confederacy, volume 5) by L. Neil Smith

Can the PI's habit of derailing the investigation to focus on political
rants triumph over the bad guys' habit of carefully explaining to the
PI their goals and methods? Not a parody.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/songs-of-freedom

Have you ever read Smith's _Their Majesties Bucketeers_? IIRC, it is his >third published novel and doesn't have many political lectures.

I have fond but very vague memories of that one.


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